National Enquirer

====Brzezinski, Scarborough, and the Trump administration====
In  June 2017, ''[[Morning Joe]]'' hosts [[Mika Brzezinski]] and [[Joe Scarborough]] stated that senior officials in the Trump administration had tried to [[blackmail]] the two of them using the ''National Enquirer''. According to them, the tabloid threatened to publish a smear article on the couple unless the two personally called Trump and begged him to have the story spiked. They refused, and the title (which did not have direct contact with Scarborough or Brzezinski) published the story. The Trump administration also denied the story; Scarborough claims he has saved phone correspondence to the contrary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/30/media/national-enquirer-donald-trump-joe-scarborough/index.html|title=Scarborough, Brzezinski say White House used ''National Enquirer'' as threat|first=Brian|last=Stelter|work=CNN|date=June 30, 2017|access-date=June 30, 2017}}</ref>